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Fishing Reports
Muskegon River
February 20, 2006
Posted by Silverside Outfitters & Guide Service
Newaygo, MI 49337 U.S.
Email: silverside007@hotmail.com
Current Report
Rain, snow, hail, lightning
& thunder along with single
digit air temps. started
this past weekend's weather
and kept all but the hardcore
(i.e. crazy) off the water.
The lack of fishing pressure
with decent numbers of fish
thru-out the system, have
made for overall good
fishing lately.
The water temps. barely made
it above freezing on Sunday
but surprisingly the fish
didn't seem to notice. The
fish we hooked came right
away or not at all in each
new spot. The chartreuse
clown egg hooked most of our
fish but the B.T.S. also
hooked a couple. The B.T.S.
(Better than spawn) is a
salmon fry imitation,
originally developed by
Feenstra, that can be very
effective at this time of
year. I'll have to admit I
was a little skeptical the
first time I saw this
pattern in a friend's fly
box, but have since become a
believer in it's
effectiveness. Fished dead-
drift or on the swing,
steelhead, trout and the
occasional walleye all find
the B.T.S. to there liking
once the salmon fry start to
hatch out.
Check out our site
(www.silversideguide.com)
for recent pictures, and the
most updated, honest, fly-
fishing reports on the
Muskegon, Pere Marquette,
and Manistee river systems.
Tight Lines!
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